Sunday Morning September 1, 2013 at Dakota

This Sunday at Dakota Community Church the plan is to continue our Summer 2013 series, “Building Community” (based on a portion of “Gospel in Life” by Tim Keller) with the eighth of now ten sermons, this one entitled - “Serving One Another Through Accountability - Part 2.” 

I hope to tackle the second of my two major ideas from last week when we looked at the whole concept of Christian service. Please listen here - (http://decormie2551.sermon.tv/9095254) if you missed that important message.

This Sunday I plan to examine the idea of accountability within the context of the local church.

What is meant by being accountable to one another? How is being accountable to one another an act of christian service? And is Christ like growth even possible without accountability to one another?

I hope to see you Sunday morning, 

Pastor Dan

This Sunday - August 25, 2013 - At Dakota Community Church

This Sunday at Dakota Community Church the plan is to continue our Summer 2013 series, “Building Community” (based on a portion of “Gospel in Life” by Tim Keller) with the seventh of nine sermons, this one entitled - “Serving One Another Through Accountability.” 

I hope to tackle two major ideas this Sunday.

First, I want to look at the whole concept of Christian service. Many today would say that we are not to be servant minded at all, that that is the entirely wrong approach to take as we are sons and daughters of the King of Kings and should behave accordingly. I’ll be challenging that thinking!

Secondly, I want to examine the idea of accountability within the context of the local church.

What is meant by being accountable to one another? How is being accountable to one another an act of christian service? And is Christ like growth even possible without accountability to one another?

I hope to see you Sunday morning!

Welcome to Dakota - August 18, 2013

Welcome to Dakota Community Church

Grace, Freedom, Laughter

This morning we continue our 2013 Summer Series on Building Community with a sermon entitled; "Sharing Beliefs, Thinking, and Spirituality."

Enjoy the service and please follow along in the scriptures using the links below.

Scripture for today's sermon:

Ephesians 4:11-16; 2 Timothy 3:1-17; Colossians 3:12-16; Ephesians 5:17-21; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13  

Sunday Morning Preview - August 18, 2013

This Sunday at Dakota Community Church the plan is to continue our Summer 2013 series, “Building Community” (based on a portion of “Gospel in Life” by Tim Keller) with the sixth of nine sermons, this one entitled - “Sharing One Another’s Beliefs, Thinking & Spirituality.” 

Sharing beliefs, thinking, and spirituality. How is that going to look?

Prosperity, healing, and prophetic words. Angels, demons, authority, secrets, keys, secret keys, and proclamations. Prayers of faith, prayers of petition, unceasing prayers, vain repetitious prayers, and soaking prayers. Pre-tribulation rapture, mid-tribulation rapture, post-tribulation rapture, no tribulation rapture, and no rapture, rapture. NIV, ESV, NASB, NKJV, or Paul’s favorite, the KJV! Beliefs about music styles, beliefs about beverage choices, beliefs about clothing options, beliefs about entertainment acceptability.

Have any strong feelings about any of these? Come Sunday prepared to share! JUST KIDDING! 

How then do we share beliefs, thinking, and spirituality in such a way that community is built?

I hope to see you all this Sunday morning.

Man of Sorrows

Sign of Promise

The bow shall be seen in the cloud.

The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is the Lord's witness to the people. When may we expect to see the token of the covenant? The rainbow is only to be seen painted upon a cloud. When the sinner's conscience is dark with clouds, when he remembers his past sin, and mourneth and lamenteth before God, Jesus Christ is revealed to him as the covenant Rainbow, displaying all the glorious hues of the divine character and betokening peace. To the believer, when his trials and temptations surround him, it is sweet to behold the person of our Lord Jesus Christ-to see him bleeding, living, rising, and pleading for us. God's rainbow is hung over the cloud of our sins, our sorrows, and our woes, to prophesy deliverance. Nor does a cloud alone give a rainbow, there must be the crystal drops to reflect the light of the sun. So, our sorrows must not only threaten, but they must really fall upon us. There had been no Christ for us if the vengeance of God had been merely a threatening cloud: punishment must fall in terrible drops upon the Surety. Until there is a real anguish in the sinner's conscience, there is no Christ for him; until the chastisement which he feels becomes grievous, he cannot see Jesus. But there must also be a sun; for clouds and drops of rain make not rainbows unless the sun shineth. Beloved, our God, who is as the sun to us, always shines, but we do not always see him-clouds hide his face; but no matter what drops may be falling, or what clouds may be threatening, if he does but shine there will be a rainbow at once. It is said that when we see the rainbow the shower is over. Certain it is, that when Christ comes, our troubles remove; when we behold Jesus, our sins vanish, and our doubts and fears subside. When Jesus walks the waters of the sea, how profound the calm!

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Welcome to DCC!

Welcome to Dakota Community Church

Grace, Freedom, Laughter

This morning we continue our 2013 Summer Series on Building Community with a sermon entitled; "Sharing One Another's Needs, and Problems."

Enjoy the service and please follow along in the scriptures using the links below.

Scripture for today's sermon:

James 5:1-5; 1 Peter 5:1-11; Galatians 6:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11; Hebrew 3:12-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; Galatians 6:2     

 

Sunday Morning Preview - August 11, 2013

This Sunday at Dakota Community Church the plan is to continue our Summer 2013 series, “Building Community” (based on a portion of “Gospel in Life” by Tim Keller) with the fifth of nine sermons, this one entitled - “Sharing One Another’s Needs & Problems.” 

Should believers open up and share their personal needs and problems with one another, or is this kind of “negative talk” somehow dangerous and useful to the enemy in his battle to defeat us? 

How we answer this question says something very fundamental about our view of what exactly it means to be a Christian and a church member.

If the goal of the Christian life is to find ultimate success and fulfillment, then we are going to look at this very differently than if our goal is to humbly lay down our lives in service to God and fellow redeemed in Christ.

I hope to see Sunday morning

Welcome to DCC - August 4, 2013

Welcome to Dakota Community Church

Grace, Freedom, Laughter

This morning we continue our 2013 Summer Series on Building Community with a sermon entitled; "Sharing One Another's Goods, Space, and Time ."

Enjoy the service and please follow along in the scriptures using the links below.

Scripture for today's sermon:

Proverbs 3:27-28; James 2:14-17; Romans 12:9-21; 1 Peter 4:8-9; Galatians 6:10 

Sunday August 4, 2013 at DCC

This Sunday at Dakota Community Church the plan is to continue our Summer 2013 series, “Building Community” (based on a portion of “Gospel in Life” by Tim Keller) with the fourth of nine sermons, this one entitled - “Sharing One Another’s Goods, Space, and Time.” 

As Christians the bible teaches that we are to invite one another into our living spaces, our homes that is. 

We are to share life together - eating, studying, playing, praying, and so on - together. 

In the most practical ways, christians are to help each other, providing for needs, being available to one another, meeting together with regularity.

These are the ingredients of healthy community, these are the things we are seeking to be better at!

I hope you’ll join me on this journey.